GODSPEED ELMER TRETT
1943-1996
GODSPEED ELMER TRETT
1943-1996
HE WAS THE FIRST TO ACHIEVE 200, 210, 220, AND 230 MPH ON A TOP FUEL MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS THE HEART, SOUL, AND INSPIRATION FOR THE ENTIRE MOTORCYCLE DRAG RACING INDUSTRY. ELMER TRETT WAS PERHAPS ONE RUN AWAY FROM HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT - A FIVE SECOND RUN. HIS 6.06 SECOND, 235.10 MPH LIFETIME BEST PERFORMANCES ARE SALUTED IN THIS ORIGINAL PORTRAIT BY MOTORSPORTS ARTIST RON BURTON.
REMEMBERING ELMER TRETT
Indianapolis motorsports artist Ron Burton has just completed a spectacular painting commemorating the extraordinary lifetime acievements of Top Fuel Motorcycle pioneer Elmer Trett. Burton has released all rights to the painting to the Elmer Trett Memorial Fund and, with the help of Indianapolis Raceway Park, has produced 235 numbered and signed prints in recognition of Trett's 235 MPH AMA/Prostar speed record. All proceeds, less shipping, will benefit the Elmer Trett Memorial Fund. To order your numbered lithograph print of "Godspeed Elmer Trett" send $85.00 in check or money order payable to:
The Elmer Trett Memorial Fund
1125 Sutton Road
Demorest, GA 30535
or call: (706) 754-3784, E-mail at: Trett1@hemc.net